Ministry Of National Defense Of The People's Republic Of China (中华人民共和国国防部)

The Ministry of National Defense of the People's Republic of China is a ministry under the State Council. It is headed by the Minister of National Defense. The MND was set up according to a decision adopted by the 1st Session of the 1st National People's Congress in 1954.

In contrast to practice in other nations, the MND does not exercise command authority over the PLA, which is instead subordinate to the Central Military Commission (CMC). Instead, the MND itself only serves as liaison body representing the CMC and PLA when dealing with foreign militaries in military exchange and cooperation.

Its official responsibilities is to exercise unified administration over the development of the armed forces of the country such as recruitment, organization, equipment, training, scientific military research of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and the ranking and remuneration of the officers and servicemen. However, in reality these responsibilities are carried out by the four General Headquarters of the PLA, which are under the control of the CMC.

中华人民共和国国防部隶属于中华人民共和国国务院，由国防部部长领导，是1954年第一届全国人民代表大会第一次会议根据《中华人民共和国宪法》决议设立的。


　

与其他国家相比，中华人民共和国国防部并没有实际军事指挥权。国防部在接受国务院领导的同时也接受中央军事委员会的领导。国防部在接受国务院领导的同时也接受中央军事委员会的领导。需要国防部办理的事宜，由总参谋部、总政治部、总后勤部、总装备部分别办理。

　

中华人民共和国国防部是国务院的军事工作部门。它的基本职能是：统一管理全国武装力量的建设工作，如人民武装力量的征集、编制、装备、训练、军事科研以及军人衔级、薪给等。因此，国防部并没有实际军事指挥权。